HPS210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Abbasid Caliphate, Algebraic Geometry, Islamic Golden Age
18 Oct 2017
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From mohammed to the abbasid dynasty religious and political leader known as a caliph. of his death the entire arab peninsula converted to islam. The prophet mohammed died in 632 ce, and within two years. The region was ruled by a caliphate, an islamic state governed by a. A succession of umayyad caliphs oversaw the rapid expansion of. They conquered syria, egypt, north africa, and even armenia. Further expansion led to the conquest of spain and sicily, giving the. Muslim power in region: after the fall of the umayyad caliphs, the caliphate came under the rule of the abbasid dynasty. At this time the caliphate controlled a domain that spanned from the atlantic ocean to the border of china. The (cid:498)middle ages(cid:499) (cid:523)sometimes called the dark ages) Renaissance (450 ce to 1400 ce). economic, and intellectual stagnation. dormant the islamic world flourished. spanned the time period between the fall of rome and the.
